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First Regionally-Based e-Mail Security Firm Announces a Locally Hosted

Platform in Saudi Arabia

DMARC360, a Bahraini technology startup, tirelessly to advocate global adoption platform in Saudi Arabia. The swift
known for being the region’s first and across public and private organizations. implementation of Virtual Vision’s cloud
only cloud-based DMARC intelligence We congratulate our partner DMARC360 services has given DMARC360 the tactical
platform, has announced its locally hosted for the deployment of its DMARC platform advantage of being a forerunner in DMARC
platform dedicated to Saudi Arabia. The in Saudi Arabia, thus expanding the DMARC compliance across the region.”-Abdullah
localization of data is as per the regulatory footprint across the Middle East and further Mirza, Director-Strategy & Growth,
framework set by the Communication empowering organizations to implement DMARC360. Further to data localization
& Information Technology Commission, important Cybersecurity measures.” - in Saudi Arabia, DMARC360 also plans
KSA. Email is involved in about 92% of GCA President and CEO Philip Reitinger. to implement the same strategy for UAE,
malware attacks globally, according With growing concerns of offshore data Kuwait, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and
to the telecommunications company, storage and requirements from regulatory many more. This approach of localizing
Verizon. For years the security industry authorities to have their data hosted within data enables DMARC360 to become the
has struggled on how to manage and their country, DMARC360 has been able leading global service provider in this field.
address this situation since the initial to address the needs successfully. The “It’s great to be able to partner up with such
email protocol design did not include approach of DMARC360 locally hosted a fast-paced company as DMARC360.
any security checks. Despite the various platform in Saudi Arabia, will not only They have truly been able to prove their
security frameworks and tools introduced benefit the Saudi Arabian audience but parent company’s, EDX Labs, the rationale
over the years, regulators across the globe also to any country that may need to host of ‘building locally & scaling globally’ as
have found the DMARC framework to be their data within the region/country. “We a regional company serving at par with
the most critical in any organization’s have had the leading advantage of being global vendors.”- Hazem Sondouka- COO
security infrastructure. The framework the region’s first locally hosted DMARC at Virtual Vision.
was designed to manage the issue of email
impersonation and ensuring email content
isn’t being tampered with during transit.
DMARC360, based out of the Middle
East, has taken on the initiative to ensure
DMARC compliance and awareness across
the region by developing the required
technology platform. Last month, they had
partnered up with the Global Cyber Alliance
(GCA) to eradicate cyber risks involved
with email and to improve the region’s
cyber readiness. DMARC360 enhances
email deliverability by assisting their
clients’ implementation of DMARC policies
through a cloud-based intelligent incident
response/reporting platform. “DMARC is
a powerful tool to defend against email
domain spoofing, and GCA has worked

Export of IT Services Earns Over US$1 Billion

Pakistan earned $1008.490 million by reported. During the period under review, In addition, the other computer services
providing different information technology the computer services grew by 12.21 increased by 34.77 percent. The exports
(IT) services in various countries during the percent, from $654.170 million last year to of call centers services also increased
first eleven months of the fiscal year 2018- $734.020 million during July-May (2018- by 7.95 percent, from $93.039 million to
19. This shows growth of 4.37 percent 19). Among the computer services, the $100.436 million whereas the exports
when compared to $966.240 million earned exports of software consultancy services other information services increased
through provision of services during the and repair and maintenance of computers by 53.28 percent from $1.068 million to
corresponding period of fiscal year 2017- related services increased by 26.87 $1.637 million.
18, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) percent and 231.93 percent respectively.

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